The Ansel Adams Gallery has just announced the new one-day fall color workshop that I’ll be teaching for them on October 19th. I’ll be taking students to some of my favorite aspen groves on the east side of the Sierras near Mono Lake. For more information visit the Gallery’s web site.
The Ansel Adams Gallery has announced their preliminary 2010 workshop schedule. I’ll be leading the Spring Yosemite Digital Camera Workshop, May 5-9, and The Digital Landscape: Autumn in Yosemite, October 27-31. We’ll be adding more classes as we firm up the details, so stay tuned.
With the road closures and smoke from the Big Meadow fire, I didn’t know what to expect during last night’s Full Moon Night Photography Workshop. We had our share of smoke, but it seems that when one photographic door closes another always opens. From our perch on Sentinel Dome we watched the sun turn into a red fireball as it set through the smoke, and later saw the scene above—the misty peaks of the Clark Range and Mt. Starr King underneath a smoky orange moon. We light-painted every suitable tree and ended up thoroughly enjoying ourselves despite the fire.
Smoke from the Big Meadow Fire has reduced visibility on the Tioga Pass Road and forced its closure. The Big Oak Flat Road between Yosemite Valley and Crane Flat (Highway 120) has been closed since last Wednesday.
Joe Decker posted a nice review of The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite on the photocrati blog.
The reception for my latest exhibit, called Color, Light, and Form, was held last night at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley. I got to meet some nice people—thanks to all of you who attended. I know many folks couldn’t make it because of the Big Meadow fire; in fact El Portal was being evacuated at the time! El Portal seems safe for the time being, so that’s good news, but the Big Oak Flat Road between Yosemite Valley and Crane Flat is closed, and likely to remain so for at least a few days. You can find more information about the fire on the park service’s web site and the Yosemite Blog.
The Photographer’s Guide to Yosemite is back in stores! Amazon doesn’t have it yet, but you can order online through The Ansel Adams Gallery. You can also pick up a copy in Yosemite at the Gallery or next door at the Visitor Center.
Back on June 15th I wondered whether the unusually wet early-summer weather might provide us with a better-than-average summer wildflower season. In short, the answer turned out to be no. I’d rate the bloom as about average this year. But an average flower year in the Yosemite high country is still very nice! I made the image above—including corn lily, lupine, paintbrush, yampa, cow parsnip, and fireweed—near the Glacier Point Road on August 1st. Let’s hope for a wet winter and an exceptional wildflower season next year.
My next exhibit at The Ansel Adams Gallery, called Color, Light, and Form, will be on display from August 20th through October 4th. A reception for the artist – yes, that’s me – will be held on Friday, August 28th, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Gallery is located next to the Visitor Center in Yosemite Valley. Hope to see you there!
The Tioga Road passes several beautiful lakes, including tiny Siesta Lake, Tenaya Lake, and, just outside the park, Tioga and Ellery Lakes. Short hikes can bring you to May Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Dog Lake, Gaylor Lakes, or Granite Lakes. East of Tioga Pass you can hike to Shell and Fantail Lakes, or take a boat taxi across manmade Saddlebag Lake to Greenstone Lake, Steelhead Lake, and all the other bodies that comprise the Twenty Lakes Basin.
I’ve been using Lightroom since Adobe released the beta version in 2006. Over the years I’ve learned many shortcuts, and in this video I share some of my favorite tips – things I use all the time to streamline my workflow:
